Pencil-box.



'Patented De. 3U, |902.

H F. LONGENEDKER & S, P. HARTZLER.

PENCIL Box.

(Application filed Feb. 12`l 1902.) (No model.)

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H. FRANK LONGENEOKER, OF SMITHVILLE, AND SAMUEL P. HARTZLER, OFWElLERSVILLE, OHIO.

PENCIL-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 716,909, dated December30, 1902.

Application filed February l2, 1902. Serial No. 93,807. (No model.)

T0 LEZ whom, t Wtcty concern:

Be it known that we, H. FRANK LONGE- NECKER, a resident of Smithville,and SAMUEL P. HARTZLER, a resident of Weilersville, in the county ofWayne and State of Ohio, citizens of the United States, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Pencil- Boxes, of which thefollowing is a specication.

Our invention relates to pencil-boxes,and is in the nature of a scholarscompanion or receptacle for containing pencils, penholders, dac.,especially designed for the use of pupils, the object of the inventionbeing to furnish a generally-improved device of this character bettersuited for the intended purposes than other devices of the same classwith which we are acquainted. o

The invention may also be found useful to business men, draftsmen,artists, architects, and others and may be readily attached to anyordinary ofce-desk.

The paramount object otour invention is to produce a noiselesspencil-box of simple construction which may be readily attached to ordisengaged from the side of any ordinary school-desk now in use.

lThe box is designed to be attached to one of the side frame castings ofthe desl,beneath and behind the projecting edges of the desk,respectively.

With this end in view the invention consists in the novel construction,arrangement, and combination ot parts, hereinafter described,illustratedin the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in theappended claims. A

Referring now to the drawings, Figure l is a top plan view of the boxcomplete attached to one of the side frame castings of a desk, shown insection and having the top or lid of the box opened and resting in itsopened position. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view taken on line o',b of Fig. l with the iid in its closed position. Fig. 3 is a detail viewof the attaching strip or bar for attaching the boxv to -the deskandshowing more clearly the rubber pads in its top and bottom edges,against which the front and rear edges of the lid or cover of the boxstrikes when it is moved to its opened and closed positions. This makesthe movements of the lid noiseless.

Similar numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout all theigures of the drawings.

In the drawings, l designates the bottom or main body portion of the boxproper of substantially semicylindrical form and formed withsubstantially semicircular ends 2.

3 designates pivot-bearings formed in the ends 2 and adapted to receivethe trunnions or pivots 4 of the lid, hereinafter described.

5 designates the lid or cover of the box of substantiallysemicylindrical form and provided with the circular ends t', integraltherewith, and provided with centrally -located openings adapted toreceive the pivot-pins 4, which pass through the same and into thepivot-bearings 3 of the ends of the bottom or main body portion of thebox. The pivotpins 4, however, may be made an integral part of the ends6 of the lid of the box, if desired.

It will be observed that the lid 5, being larger in cross-section thanthe bottom or main body portion of the box, is adapted to encircle andpass beneath the same when the lid is opened, as shown in Fig. 2 of thedrawings. Furthermore, the bottom and lid of the box being ofsubstantially semicylindrical form, and the lid being pivotally mountedand attached to the bottom in the manner shown and described, and noother portion of the lid coming into contact withany portion of thebottom or main body portion of the box, the lid revolves or swingsfreely on its pivot-bearings, and a noiseless, free, and easy movementis thus provided for in the opening and closing movements of the same.

It will be seen that the ends 6 of the lid are dat on the insidesadjacent to the ends of the bottom and that the ontsides are formed witha convex face. Thisis .done for the purpose of making the edges morerounding and adding to the appearance of the box. nates a small handleby means of which the lid is opened and closed.

For the purpose of normally holding the lid in its opened and closedpositions the upper outer edge of the lid or cover is formed with 6 onvICO a heavy edge 8, somewhat Wedge-shaped lin cross-section, as shown'inFig. 2. This heavy outer edge 8 being heavier than the correspondingrear edge and the lid being pivotally mounted, substantially as shownand described, it will be observed that the lid will tend to retainitself in its opened and closed positions.

9 designates an attaching strip or har for attaching the box to the sideof the casting of the desk and, as shown in Fig. 3, is provided with twoslots 10 for receiving the bolts l1, which pass through the rear edge ofthe bottom or main body portion of the box l, through said slots 10, andthrough a strip or bar 12 on the inside of the vertical arms 13 of theframecasting of the desk. By means of the strips or bars 9 and 12 andthe bolts 11 the box is attached to the side of the casting of the desk,and the slots l0 of the strip or bar 9 Will permit of such an adjustmentof the parts as to enable the box to be fastened to desks of varyingsizes and patterns.

14 designates pads or strips of rubber or some other suitable andconvenient material inserted in transverse openings in the top and loweredges of the attaching strip or bar 9. These transverse openings beingformed as shown will prevent the pads 14 from being lifted out, and thepads 14 being set up higher than the edges of the strip or bar 9 it willbe seen that the rear edge 15 of the lid will strike and rest againstthe pads in the lower edge of the bar 9 when the lid is opened and thatthe heavy edge 8 will strike and rest against the pads 14, set in thetop edge of the bar 9, when the lid is closed. This will prevent anynoise that might arise otherwise from the opening and closing movementsof the lid.

The inside of the bottom or main body portion of the box may be linedwith cloth, felt, o r some other suitable and convenient materia Thisbox may be attached to any ordinary office-desk or to the plain sidewalls of any other object, in which case the attaching-bar 9 could bedispensed with if desired and the box be attached directly by means ofthe bolts 11,surrounded by ferrules interposed between the rear edge tothe bottom of the box and the adjacent wall of the object to which it isattached. These ferrules could be surrounded by rubber or some othersuitable material and would prevent any noise, as the front and rearedges of the lid would strike against them in its opening and closingmovements. Furthermore, it is apparent that pads or strips of rubbermight be attached to the front and rear edges of the lid instead of theattachingstrip or other means for securing the box to the object toWhich it is attached; but such attachments would be open to certainobjections not found in the method of attaching the pads to theattaching strip or bar, as shown.

Vhile we have illustrated and described the best means now known to usfor carrying out our invention, We do not wish to be understood asrestricting ourselves to the exact details of construction shown, buthold that any slight variation therefrom, such as might suggest itselfto the ordinary mechanic, would clearly be comprehended inV the limitand scope of our invention.

Having thus described our invention, what We claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. A pencil-box, comprising a stationary semicylindrical-shaped bottomor body, an attaching strip or bar for attaching the said bottom or bodyto a desk and interposed between the same, transverse openings formed inthe top and lower edges of the said attaching strip or bar, strips orpads of rubber or similar material inserted in said transverse openingsand projecting from the same, slots formed in the attaching strip or barintermediate the middle and end portions thereof, a supplementary stripor bar mounted on the inside of the side of the desk adjacent to thesaid attaching strip or bar and provided with perforations registeringwith said slots formed in said attaching strip or bar, bolts passingthrough said perforations and slots of said bars and through the rearportion of the said bottom or body of the box whereby the parts areclamped together to the side of the desk, a semicylindrical-shaped lidor cover pivotally attached to said bottom or body of the box one sideof which strikes and rests against the pads mounted in the lower edge ofsaid attaching-strip when the lid or cover` is moved to its openedposition and the other of which strikes and rests against the' padsmounted in the top edge of said attaching strip or bar when the lid orcover is moved to its closed position, and an enlarged edge or rimformed with the said lid or cover whereby the same will tend to retainitself in its opened and closed positions. v

2. A pencil-box, consisting of a substantially semicylindrical-shapedbottom or body, an attaching strip or bar for attaching the said bottomor body to a desk and interposed between the same, slots formed in theattaching strip or bar intermediate the middle and end portions thereof,a supplementary strip or bar provided with perforations registering withthe said slots formed in said attaching strip or bar, bolts passingthrough said perforations and slots of said bars and through the rearportion of the said bottom or body of the box whereby the parts areclamped together to the side of the desk, a semicylindrical-shaped lidor cover pivotally attached to lthe said bottom or body of the box andhaving its front and rear edges adapted to come into engagement With thesaid attaching strip or bar when the same is moved to its opened andclosed positions, and an enlarged edge or rim formed with the said lidor cover whereby the same will tend to retain itself in its opened andclosed positions.

3. In a pencil-box, an attaching strip or IOO IOS

IIC Y through the rear portionA of said bottom or body of the boxwhereby the parts vare clamped together to the side of the desk.

In testimon7 whereof we have hereunto signed our names to thisspecification in the bar for attaching the bottom or body of the box toa desk and interposed between the same,- slots formed in said strip orbar intermediate the middle and end portions thereof, t transverseopenings formed in the top and lower edges of said attaching strip orbar and l,presence of two subscribing witnesses. adapted to receive padsor strips of rubber or other suitable material2 a supplementary strip orbar provided with perforations rebistering with the slots formed in saidattaching strip or bar, and bolts passing through said perforations andslots of said bars and H. FRANK LQNGENECKER. SAMUEL P. HARTZLER.

Witnesses: l

CHARLES DEITCH, JOSEPH GALLAGHER.

